How was your Thanksgiving, Readers?
Ours,
here at the Lamp Post,
was deemed a nice holiday.
We had a decent day weather-wise,
even though the few days prior left us wondering.
We had a little rain,
which most think of as an uninvited guest.
We still need to make up from a very dry summer,
so rain is welcome any time.
We had some high winds off of the lake, too.
It's now cold enough
and dark enough
to bust out my reflective walking coats.
We had a few blue skied days this week.
Just the right amount of sun and wind
to pop open the milkweed
and send their seeds a-flying.
The Master Gardeners talked about how
much of an uninvited guest the milkweed becomes
when it takes root where you don't want it to.
We had such a beautiful day
I tried to snap the Christmas card photo.
Rarely can I ever get a shot of all three of my kids
that looks good.
I started with Ellen--always a win.
Not so much luck with the other two.
Natalie shuts her eyes nine times out of ten.
When you finally lose patience
and tell her to open her eyes,
this is what she does:
The big guy has light blue eyes that
are very sun-sensitive,
so this is what I got:
I should have uninvited him to Thanksgiving dinner
for ruining the perfect shot!
Can anyone else spot those perfectly crunchy brown leaves,
and the perfectly rounded orange pumpkin
in the background?
One invited guest was Ellen's new friend
from Saskatchewan, Canada.
Elizabeth spent her first Thanksgiving with us
at the Lamp Post!
She came Wednesday evening to assist with the dinner prep.
Sam and Sweetheart made the finest,
lattice top
apple pie.
It didn't even make it to the Thursday dinner table.
It was almost gone that morning.
Ellen spent her time on turning these cinnamon rolls
into mini pumpkins.
Thanksgiving morning there as been a football game
played in the fields next to the Lamp Post
for a long, long time--
for as long as I could remember.
Sam and his friend went to check it out this year,
and wound up being the fifth round draft picks
for Random Family's Thanksgiving Day football game.
The uninvited guests had a memorable Thanksgiving morning.
My house isn't all put back together from the Christmas
decorating.
Natalie was super helpful decorating
the tree,
placing all the ornaments in the same spot.
Tees are coming.
I couldn't connect with the tee shirt guy
to get a look at the gold.
Check our facebook accounts
on Small Business Saturday for details how to order.
And for the Uninvited Guests of the Week:
Poorly mannered dogs
do not get invited to the
Anything But a Book Club Book Club meeting.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Eloise
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